Category Archives : 1000.Switzerland


ELISABETH DECREY WARNER (Switzerland)

“For successful commitment, confident enthusiasm overcomes a lack of time and money.” Elisabeth Reusse-Decrey started Geneva Call in 1998 as an independent, humanitarian NGO to complement the work of the Ottawa Treaty to ban landmines. The purpose of Geneva Call is to engage armed non-state actors to respect and to adhere to humanitarian norms, starting […]

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ELIZABETH NEUENSCHWANDER (Switzerland)

“We should remember that we will not live forever, that at one point we will pass away. And therefore, it is useless to accumulate too much for ourselves. It is better to create something valuable.” Elizabeth Neuenschwander has spent almost 50 years of her life working abroad. She became a dressmaker and left Emmental, a […]


IRENE RODRIGUEZ (Switzerland)

“Solidarity is the heart of people. In the name of life, we need respect.” rene Rodriguez was born into a large poor family in Argentina. Her life was filled with rape, brute force, pain, and misery. With only three years of school, Irene soon became a victim of prostitution and slave trade. With unbelievable toughness […]

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ANNI LANZ (Switzerland)

“One has to use anger so that it leads to change.” Anni Lanz has fought for the rights and dignity of refugees for 20 years. The sociologist (59) lobbies on the political level, helps organize public events, and offers direct help by accompanying people during their visits to officials. She writes their applications and, if […]


MARIANNE SPILLER HADORN(Switzerland)

‘ “I always found it unfair that such a small proportion of humankind consumes so many resources, while the rest must live in poverty. I did not want to accept it. I could not accept it.” When she was a child, Marianne Spiller Hadorn (born 1940) would prick up her ears when her parents talked […]

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